Interview with Sion Sono
Time Out Tokyo interviews Sion Sono about his film, Himizu, and shooting in Ishinomaki after March 11. (via Earl Jackson)
On the value of frightening small children
I remember seeing Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away in the theatre, and I think it holds the record, in my experience, for the fastest time in making a small child cry. I have no idea what movie the child’s parents thought they were taking her to, but I don’t […]
Sacrificing Personal Safety for the Greater Good
Jim Hines gives himself back pain so that you don’t have to, by imitating the poses of urban fantasy covers and others. (Possibly NSFW??)
Two Scifi Points of Interest
Karl Schroeder points to the prologue of his upcoming book (Ashes of Candesce, the fifth book in the Virga series), while a BBC podcast looks at women-only societies in scifi.
The Artsy Household is Complete Once Again
Ursula K. Le Guin talks about that crucial member of any artsy household, a new cat!
Customer Support FTW
Videogame developer Ross Mills was concerned that a British educational toy store was selling Anakin Skywalker toys figures, given that Anakin had massacred a village of sand people, tried to kill his teacher and slaughtered a school of Jedi younglings. The Early Learning Centre responded with an excellent […]
The Cultural Gutter 